Paper and paperboard — Import value, per capita by country
Paper and paperboard — Import value divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
What the numbers show
Paper and paperboard — Import value, per capita is currently reported for 184 countries. The highest value is 0.3922 1000 USD per person in Andorra; the lowest is 0 1000 USD per person in Chad.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0131 1000 USD per person, and the mean is 0.0321 1000 USD per person.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 10,079.
Over the past decade 89 countries rose and 95 fell. The largest increase was in Kiribati (up 9,459.2%), and the largest decrease in Sudan (down 96.3%).
Paper and paperboard — Import value, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andorra | 0.3922 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 4,498.3% | volatile |
| 2 | Luxembourg | 0.374 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 3 | Belgium | 0.2134 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 4 | Malta | 0.1809 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 15.2% | volatile |
| 5 | Faroe Islands | 0.1677 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 286.3% | rising |
| 6 | Slovenia | 0.1497 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 7 | Poland | 0.1232 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 42.5% | volatile |
| 8 | Austria | 0.1223 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 24.7% | volatile |
| 9 | Czechia | 0.1205 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 10 | Lithuania | 0.1139 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 6.4% | volatile |
| 11 | United Arab Emirates | 0.1078 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 12 | Denmark | 0.1041 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 16.4% | volatile |
| 13 | Croatia | 0.103 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 39.7% | rising |
| 14 | Germany | 0.0981 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 22.7% | volatile |
| 15 | Estonia | 0.0906 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 30.4% | volatile |
| 16 | Greenland | 0.0896 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 148.8% | rising |
| 17 | Latvia | 0.0816 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 18 | Portugal | 0.0814 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 25.9% | volatile |
| 19 | Hungary | 0.0805 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 1.8% | volatile |
| 20 | Switzerland | 0.0789 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 35.4% | volatile |
| 21 | Greece | 0.0787 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 24.6% | volatile |
| 22 | Costa Rica | 0.0769 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 6.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Italy | 0.0765 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 3.1% | volatile |
| 24 | Canada | 0.0764 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 25 | Serbia | 0.0758 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 26 | Ireland | 0.0752 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 22.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Sweden | 0.0714 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 14.2% | volatile |
| 28 | Slovakia | 0.0708 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 29 | France | 0.0694 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 11.7% | volatile |
| 30 | New Zealand | 0.068 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 40.2% | volatile |
| 31 | Bulgaria | 0.0632 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 44.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0607 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 13.9% | volatile |
| 33 | Spain | 0.0596 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 5.4% | volatile |
| 34 | Singapore | 0.058 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 70.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Cyprus | 0.0566 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 36 | Seychelles | 0.0565 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 21.5% | volatile |
| 37 | Finland | 0.0509 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 30.8% | volatile |
| 38 | Cayman Islands | 0.0507 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 62.9% | volatile |
| 39 | Bermuda | 0.05 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 40 | Israel | 0.0489 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 24.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Norway | 0.0482 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 39.2% | volatile |
| 42 | Romania | 0.0455 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 73.3% | volatile |
| 43 | Gibraltar | 0.043 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 874.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Dominican Republic | 0.0397 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 68.7% | volatile |
| 45 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0382 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 21.5% | volatile |
| 46 | North Macedonia | 0.0368 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 47 | Fiji | 0.036 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 36.8% | volatile |
| 48 | Australia | 0.035 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 40.2% | volatile |
| 49 | Iceland | 0.0341 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 62.2% | volatile |
| 50 | Malaysia | 0.0332 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 27.5% | volatile |
| 51 | Saint Martin (French part) | 0.0332 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 52 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0322 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 24.3% | volatile |
| 53 | New Caledonia | 0.032 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 30.3% | volatile |
| 54 | Bahrain | 0.0313 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 55 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.031 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 234.7% | volatile |
| 56 | El Salvador | 0.0309 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 9.7% | volatile |
| 57 | Guatemala | 0.0306 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 24.1% | volatile |
| 58 | Mauritius | 0.03 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 1.3% | volatile |
| 59 | Mexico | 0.0296 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 15.6% | volatile |
| 60 | Lebanon | 0.0293 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 16.8% | volatile |
| 61 | Chile | 0.0286 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 7.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Qatar | 0.028 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 11.8% | volatile |
| 63 | Barbados | 0.0276 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 60.1% | volatile |
| 64 | Djibouti | 0.0274 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 73.0% | volatile |
| 65 | Jordan | 0.0258 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 66 | Tunisia | 0.0255 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 26.6% | volatile |
| 67 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0249 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 41.4% | volatile |
| 68 | Kuwait | 0.0239 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 54.3% | volatile |
| 69 | Uruguay | 0.0238 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 70 | Paraguay | 0.0237 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 11.9% | volatile |
| 71 | Morocco | 0.0235 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 77.8% | volatile |
| 72 | Bahamas | 0.0225 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 13.2% | volatile |
| 73 | Dominica | 0.0219 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 1.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Aruba | 0.021 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 42.6% | volatile |
| 75 | Armenia | 0.021 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 43.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Saint Lucia | 0.0205 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 22.9% | falling |
| 77 | Albania | 0.0203 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 53.2% | volatile |
| 78 | Georgia | 0.0181 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 59.5% | volatile |
| 79 | Cambodia | 0.0179 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 126.8% | volatile |
| 80 | Thailand | 0.0171 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 11.2% | volatile |
| 81 | Algeria | 0.0166 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 23.6% | volatile |
| 82 | Montenegro | 0.0166 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 83 | Jamaica | 0.0164 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 84 | Peru | 0.0163 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 13.9% | volatile |
| 85 | Oman | 0.0162 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 43.8% | volatile |
| 86 | Sri Lanka | 0.0158 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 22.7% | volatile |
| 87 | Grenada | 0.0156 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 19.2% | volatile |
| 88 | Panama | 0.0154 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 17.4% | rising |
| 89 | Ecuador | 0.0149 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 24.9% | volatile |
| 90 | Namibia | 0.0144 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 30.9% | rising |
| 91 | Ukraine | 0.0142 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 14.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Honduras | 0.0135 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 93 | South Africa | 0.0126 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 13.2% | volatile |
| 94 | Nauru | 0.0122 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 556.4% | volatile |
| 95 | Eswatini | 0.0119 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 96 | Kazakhstan | 0.0119 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 15.8% | volatile |
| 97 | Colombia | 0.0117 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 11.2% | volatile |
| 98 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0114 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 102.9% | volatile |
| 99 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0112 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 22.7% | volatile |
| 100 | Argentina | 0.011 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 101 | Azerbaijan | 0.0106 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 127.7% | volatile |
| 102 | Egypt | 0.0103 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 2.5% | volatile |
| 103 | Libya | 0.01 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 54.9% | volatile |
| 104 | Philippines | 0.0094 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 57.6% | volatile |
| 105 | Japan | 0.0093 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 40.8% | volatile |
| 106 | Nicaragua | 0.0092 1000 USD per person | 2023 | up 55.6% | volatile |
| 107 | Botswana | 0.0088 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 26.2% | volatile |
| 108 | Maldives | 0.0088 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 109 | Belarus | 0.0087 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 66.5% | volatile |
| 110 | Mongolia | 0.0083 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 14.5% | volatile |
| 111 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.008 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 2,360.8% | volatile |
| 112 | Guyana | 0.0079 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 113 | Tuvalu | 0.0079 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 1,342.4% | volatile |
| 114 | Suriname | 0.0077 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 51.9% | volatile |
| 115 | Uzbekistan | 0.0067 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 118.5% | volatile |
| 116 | Marshall Islands | 0.0065 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 1,060.4% | volatile |
| 117 | Samoa | 0.0065 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 14.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Palau | 0.0064 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 66.5% | volatile |
| 119 | Tonga | 0.0059 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 22.1% | rising |
| 120 | Gabon | 0.0058 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 121 | Iraq | 0.0058 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 332.2% | volatile |
| 122 | Palestine | 0.0058 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 61.1% | falling |
| 123 | Kenya | 0.0058 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 3.8% | volatile |
| 124 | French Polynesia | 0.0056 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 83.5% | volatile |
| 125 | Bhutan | 0.0056 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 184.8% | volatile |
| 126 | China | 0.0052 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 44.4% | volatile |
| 127 | Belize | 0.0051 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 44.9% | rising |
| 128 | Zimbabwe | 0.0045 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 2.2% | volatile |
| 129 | Cuba | 0.0043 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 130 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0039 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 11.3% | volatile |
| 131 | Bangladesh | 0.0039 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 42.2% | volatile |
| 132 | Guam | 0.0039 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 74.1% | volatile |
| 133 | Ghana | 0.0039 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 60.3% | volatile |
| 134 | Senegal | 0.0036 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 3.2% | volatile |
| 135 | Indonesia | 0.0035 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 21.0% | volatile |
| 136 | American Samoa | 0.0035 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 217.8% | volatile |
| 137 | Zambia | 0.0034 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 6.7% | volatile |
| 138 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0034 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 28.8% | volatile |
| 139 | Brazil | 0.003 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 47.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Vanuatu | 0.003 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 21.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Cameroon | 0.003 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 14.7% | volatile |
| 142 | Nepal | 0.0027 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 143 | Uganda | 0.0027 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 40.7% | volatile |
| 144 | Turkmenistan | 0.0024 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 55.2% | volatile |
| 145 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0024 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 20.2% | volatile |
| 146 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0023 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 3.7% | volatile |
| 147 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0023 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 148 | Lesotho | 0.0021 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 149 | Mauritania | 0.0021 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 48.6% | volatile |
| 150 | Yemen | 0.002 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 40.3% | volatile |
| 151 | Myanmar | 0.0019 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 44.4% | volatile |
| 152 | Congo | 0.0018 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 13.8% | volatile |
| 153 | Angola | 0.0017 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 28.7% | volatile |
| 154 | Kiribati | 0.0017 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 9,459.2% | volatile |
| 155 | India | 0.0017 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 156 | Pakistan | 0.0014 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 157 | Togo | 0.0014 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 43.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Madagascar | 0.0014 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 4.2% | volatile |
| 159 | Solomon Islands | 0.0014 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 12.3% | volatile |
| 160 | Malawi | 0.0013 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 161 | Rwanda | 0.0013 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 49.4% | volatile |
| 162 | Nigeria | 0.0012 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 51.5% | volatile |
| 163 | Tajikistan | 0.0009 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 62.3% | volatile |
| 164 | Liberia | 0.0009 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 102.3% | volatile |
| 165 | Haiti | 0.0008 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 23.1% | volatile |
| 166 | Mozambique | 0.0008 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 35.6% | volatile |
| 167 | Benin | 0.0007 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 18.9% | volatile |
| 168 | Guinea | 0.0006 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 67.0% | volatile |
| 169 | Gambia | 0.0006 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 61.8% | volatile |
| 170 | Sierra Leone | 0.0006 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 27.2% | volatile |
| 171 | Burkina Faso | 0.0005 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 48.6% | volatile |
| 172 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0005 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 29.2% | volatile |
| 173 | Afghanistan | 0.0004 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 121.7% | volatile |
| 174 | Eritrea | 0.0003 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 36.7% | volatile |
| 175 | Comoros | 0.0003 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 140.2% | volatile |
| 176 | Mali | 0.0003 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 177 | Ethiopia | 0.0003 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 81.8% | volatile |
| 178 | South Sudan | 0.0003 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 5,505.4% | volatile |
| 179 | Somalia | 0.0002 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 45.3% | volatile |
| 180 | Central African Republic | 0.0002 1000 USD per person | 2024 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 181 | Niger | 0.0001 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 53.7% | volatile |
| 182 | Burundi | 0.0001 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 70.5% | volatile |
| 183 | Sudan | 0.0001 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 96.3% | falling |
| 184 | Chad | 0 1000 USD per person | 2024 | down 68.8% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0.0131 1000 USD per person
How this figure is calculated
Paper and paperboard — Import value divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Paper and paperboard — Import value ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Paper and paperboard — Import value Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Paper and paperboard — Import value divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.